Exactly 4,610 of Washington DC's 2,070 architecture professionals work in Washington. Between 2006 and 2010, in Washington, there has been a 21% decline in the number of architecture professionals. As the employment for architecture professionals in Washington has decreased, overall employment in Washington has increased.

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As the number of architecture professionals in Washington has shrunk, salaries for architecture professionals have increased. In 2010 Washington architecture professionals earned an average yearly salary of $69,940. Architecture professionals in Washington made a yearly average salary of $59,800, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Washington.

Architecture professionals in Washington earn a median salary of $65,280 per year. The 10% of architecture professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $38,983 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $105,590 per year.

Washington architecture professionals have earnings that are higher than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Washington's architecture professionals are graduates of one of the 4 accredited architecture schools in the city.

There are a total of 6 degree and certificate programs in architecture offered by Washington's architecture schools.

In 2010 approximately 235 students completed architecture courses.